#c9ecb3

Color #c9ecb3

A moderately saturated very light green.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 15.83 Nearest Tailwind class lime-100 #ecfcca · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#c9ecb3

RGB

rgb(201, 236, 179)

HSL

hsl(96.8, 60%, 81.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(96.8, 24.2%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.8%, 0%, 24.2%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(89.7, -21.47, 23.97)

LCH

lch(89.7, 32.18, 131.85)

OKLCH

oklch(90.4%, 0.0841, 133.6)

HWB

hwb(96.8, 70.2%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d6b3ec

Analogous

#e6ecb3

#c9ecb3

#b3ecba

Triadic

#c9ecb3

#b3c9ec

#ecb3c9

Split-complementary

#c9ecb3

#bab3ec

#ecb3e6

Tetradic

#c9ecb3

#b3ecd6

#d6b3ec

#ecb3c9

Square

#c9ecb3

#b3e6ec

#d6b3ec

#ecbab3

Shades

Color #c9ecb3 mixed toward black.

#a2de7c

#7bd044

#5aa62a

#3c6f1c

#1e370e

Tints

Color #c9ecb3 mixed toward white.

#d2efc0

#dbf2cc

#e4f6d9

#edf9e6

#f6fcf2

Tones

Color #c9ecb3 mixed toward gray.

#cae7b8

#cbe3bd

#ccdec1

#cdd9c6

#ced4cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d9d9c3 · ΔE 13.3

Deuteranopia

#d7d4c6 · ΔE 16.7

Tritanopia

#cbced1 · ΔE 22.4

Achromatopsia

#e1e1e1 · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9ecb3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9ecb3]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#c9ecb3 (#c9ecb3) is rgb(201, 236, 179) in RGB.

No, #c9ecb3 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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